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Letters Patent No. 67,11, dated July 23, 1867; antcdated July 5, 1867.

JUMPING-HOOP.

Be it known that CHARLES L. BROWNE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a. new machine called a Jumping-Hoop; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. part-of this specification, in whic'h- Figure 1 and Figure 2 are drawings of the same object,-.but with different construction, as hereinafter described.

Descrlfutz'ou.

I call the invention a jumpingshoop," and it is intended for the use of misses and` children, and-is constructed in the following manner: A strip of ash or other wood one-half inch square (the length to be regulated by the size of the hoop required) is bent inthe shape of C C C, and securedto the hand-piece A A at each end by the headed screw E E, which passes through the metal casting B B at the hole F F. The screw E E affords a pivot for the casting B B with the hoop C C to revolve upon. The casting B B is a tl1imble,which goes on the end of the hand-piece, with shnks, as at G G, in which the hoop is secured by screws at H H II H. In

the construction of hoop, as in g. 2, the hoop C C C is mortised into the hand-piece A A at I I, which does l awa-y with the metal connection B B, (see iig. 1,) the hand-piece conforming to the motion of the hoop, at each revolution, by being held loosely in the hands i The manner vof working the hoop is by elevating it in the air, with the hand-piece of sufficient height to permit of the hoop passing vunder the feet and clear of the ground. (See fig. 4.) It is then thrown over and under the feet, and over the head again. After the first revolution, the slightest effort of the hands continuesl the motion.

I claim the invention of a jumping-hoop, by the combination of a. wooden cross-piece with a. hoop secured thereto by metal connections, or by mortise, as in annexed drawings.

CHARLES L. BROWNE, Witnesses:

P. J. OVERLEY, WAT. LURTON. 

